Abstract

MENDES, Deise Maria Leal Fernandes; SOUZA, Ana Beatriz de Mota e  and  SOARES, Andréa Ribeiro da Costa de Jesus. Program for the Promotion of Emotional Skills in Children for Educators (PROMCE-E): Experience Report. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2023, vol.23, n.2, pp.629-646.  Epub May 03, 2024. ISSN 1808-4281.  https://doi.org/10.12957/epp.2023.77702.

Emotional competence is recognized as an essential skill for child development, contributing to the subjective well-being, good interpersonal relationships, and academic performance of children. At the school stage, around four/five years, such competence shows significant progress, which makes teachers crucial agents in this process. This study reports the experience of a pilot project designed for teachers in order to implement a program to promote emotional competences on children. Six teachers (M=40.6 years) from early childhood education from two private schools in Rio de Janeiro and its surroundings had joined the research and filled out instruments before the project has started to run. All of them have participated actively in all stages, showing interest in its contents and activities. Their reports in the final interview (which has been recorded, transcribed, and analyzed) showed some achievements in the children’s emotional skills, as well as additional gains in self-knowledge and teachers’ satisfaction with the activities they have carried out. We intended to reflect on the impact of this program and the challenges of the project, focusing on the development of students’ emotional competence. We believe that this approach can be a differential in initiatives that look for improving academic life and promoting the health of students, emphasizing the importance of attention to children’s emotional development in the school environment.

Keywords : emotional development; health promotion; early childhood education; preschool age children..

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